SQL Server machine learning services have several improvements coming up in the new release of SQL Server. One of the major improvements is the availability of the machine learning services on the Linux platform. With SQL Server 2017 and 2019, the choice of operating system is now more diverse than before, and you can run SQL Server on Windows Server, inside a container, and on Linux. With Linux, there are actually three distributions available, as follows:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- SUSE
- Ubuntu
Installing SQL Server on Linux is a little different when compared to the installation on the Windows server. Based on the distribution, you'll need to update the repository for package management system, RPM, Zipper, or APT, ...
